Nichirō (日朗, 1245–1320) was a

Buddhist Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...

disciple of

Nichiren Nichiren (16 February 1222 – 13 October 1282) was a Japanese Buddhist priest and philosopher of the Kamakura period. Nichiren declared that the Lotus Sutra alone contains the highest truth of Buddhist teachings suited for the Third Age of B ...

, the nephew of

Nisshō was a Buddhist disciple of Nichiren and the uncle of Nichirō. He was the only disciple who was actually older than Nichiren himself. He was a Tendai , also known as the Tendai Lotus School (天台法華宗 ''Tendai hokke shū,'' sometime ...

Nichirō agreed with Nisshō's defense of Nichiren as a

Tendai , also known as the Tendai Lotus School (天台法華宗 ''Tendai hokke shū,'' sometimes just "''hokke shū''") is a Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition (with significant esoteric elements) officially established in Japan in 806 by the Japanese m ...

reformer. He founded a practice hall that became part of

Ikegami Honmon-ji is a temple of the Nichiren Shū south of Tokyo, erected where Nichiren is said to have died. Also Nichiren's disciple Nikkō spent the rest of his life at this temple. The temple grounds also include Nichiren Shū's administrative headqua ...

, the site of Nichiren's death. His school is now part of

Nichiren-shū is a combination of several schools ranging from four of the original Nichiren Buddhist schools that date back to Nichiren's original disciples, and part of the fifth: Overview The school is often referred to as the ''Minobu Sect'' due to ...

. Nichirō designated nine senior disciples. Among them were Nichizō and Nichiin.

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The Six Major Disciples of Nichiren
1245 births 1320 deaths Japanese Buddhist clergy Nichiren-shū Buddhist monks Nichiren Buddhism Kamakura period Buddhist clergy {{Japan-reli-bio-stub